Women in STEM Alumni
Female alumni who have broken barriers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Trailblazers in research labs, tech companies, and academic institutions worldwide.
Members
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Edwin Catmull
University of Utah — Class of ~1967 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist and former president of Pixar (born 1945)
Vernor Vinge
San Diego State University — Class of ~1966 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican mathematician, computer scientist, and science fiction writer (1944–2024)
Vernor Vinge
Michigan State University — Class of ~1966 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican mathematician, computer scientist, and science fiction writer (1944–2024)
Robert H. Grubbs
University of Florida — Class of ~1964 (est.)
ScienceNobel prize winning American chemist (1942-2021)
John Warnock
University of Utah — Class of ~1962 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)
Alan Kay
University of Colorado Boulder — Class of ~1962 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist (born 1940)
Sidney Altman
University of Colorado Boulder — Class of ~1961 (est.)
ScienceCanadian American molecular biologist (1939-2022)
Story Musgrave
University of Kentucky — Class of ~1957 (est.)
MedicineAmerican physician and NASA astronaut
Eugene Cernan
Purdue University-Main Campus — Class of ~1956 (est.)
TechnologyNASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao
Purdue University-Main Campus — Class of ~1956 (est.)
ScienceIndian chemist
Michael Graves
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus — Class of ~1956 (est.)
EngineeringAmerican architect and designer of consumer products (1934-2015)
Joycelyn Elders
University of Arkansas — Class of ~1955 (est.)
MedicineAmerican pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the United States
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
California State University-Northridge — Class of ~1951 (est.)
ScienceAmerican astronomer, researcher and university teacher
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
California State University-Fresno — Class of ~1951 (est.)
ScienceAmerican astronomer, researcher and university teacher
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
California State University-Sacramento — Class of ~1951 (est.)
ScienceAmerican astronomer, researcher and university teacher
Frank Gehry
University of Southern California — Class of ~1951 (est.)
EngineeringCanadian and American architect (1929–2025)
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
California State University-Fullerton — Class of ~1951 (est.)
ScienceAmerican astronomer, researcher and university teacher
Gene Sharp
Ohio State University-Main Campus — Class of ~1950 (est.)
ScienceAmerican political scientist (1928-2018)
William Perry
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — Class of ~1949 (est.)
ScienceAmerican mathematician and businessman, former Secretary of Defense
Theodore Maiman
University of Colorado Boulder — Class of ~1949 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican physicist/Inventor of first working laser
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
University of Florida — Class of ~1949 (est.)
ScienceAmerican biochemist and geneticist (1927-2010)
Ben Roy Mottelson
Purdue University-Main Campus — Class of ~1948 (est.)
ScienceDanish nuclear physicist (1926–2022)
Paul Berg
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — Class of ~1948 (est.)
ScienceAmerican biochemist, Professor emeritus at Stanford University & Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1926–2023)
Douglas Engelbart
Oregon State University — Class of ~1947 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican engineer and inventor (1925–2013)
Charles Bachman
Michigan State University — Class of ~1946 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist (1924–2017)
Clair Cameron Patterson
University of Iowa — Class of ~1944 (est.)
ScienceAmerican chemist and geochemist (1922–1995)
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
New York University — Class of ~1943 (est.)
ScienceAmerican medical physicist (1921-2011)